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1	Training the Hybrid Singer: Mixed Voice for the Bel Canto and Musical Theatre Singer Vala, Matthew 08 1900 (has links) Voice teachers can train versatile singers by infusing musical theatre technique within bel canto evidence-based pedagogy. Seeing these two genres as possessing similarities instead of as unrelated fields allows teachers to not only match academic knowledge with the current entertainment job market, but most importantly, possess a versatile technique allowing them to train singers to perform fluently in multiple styles: the hybrid singer. An area of confusion in both bel canto and musical theatre training is mixed registration. This dissertation uses historic pedagogical texts and contemporary writings on mixed registration to understand laryngeal and acoustical events of the treble voice. The relationship between the two modes of voice production and musical theatre timbral acoustics ("legit" head voice, traditional belt, contemporary chest-mix, contemporary head-mix) is discussed with applicable tools for voice teachers training versatile singers. musical theater musical theatre bel canto classical singing voice training voice student musical singing hybrid singer Singing -- Instruction and study. Musicals -- History and criticism. Bel canto. Academic theses